Pale St. Johnswort

(Hypericum ellipticum)

 

Color photograph: Homer D. House. 1918. Wildflowers of New York.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Pale St. Johnswort (Hypericum ellipticum)

Identification: Flowers yellow, about 0.5 inches in diameter, with 5 petals, located in a small cluster at the top of the plant. Stem unbranched, plant arizing from a prostrate rhizome runing across the ground. Leaves elliptical. Plant 8 to 20 inches in height.

Distribution: Southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States southward to Maryland and Tennessee.

Habitat: Pale St. Johnswort occurs in marshes and along the shores of lakes, ponds, and rivers.

Flowering period: July to August.

Pale St. Johnswort (Hypericum ellipticum)

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The combination of the erect, unbranched stems arizing from a rhizome running along the ground, and the few flowers at the tip of the plant should identify Pale St. Johnswort.

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